The 11th round of Bundesliga fixtures takes place this weekend and Eintracht Frankfurt and Werder Bremen get things started on Friday night. This match presents a great chance for Eintracht Frankfurt to move into the Europa League places. They start the match in 10th place in the Bundesliga but a win would propel them up to 5th in the league before the rest of the weekends fixtures. As for Werder Bremen, they make the trip to the Commerzbank-Arena still searching for their first Bundesliga win of the season.
Bundesliga – Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main – Friday 3rd November – 19:30 UK Time
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Eintracht Frankfurt
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Eintracht Frankfurt start this match having gone 5 games without defeat in all competitions. They have earned 2 wins and 2 draws in the Bundesliga plus 1 win in the DFB Pokal. Eintracht Frankfurt have defeated Stuttgart and Hannover in the Bundesliga plus Schweinfurt in the DFB Pokal. They have also taken a point from matches against Borussia Dortmund and Mainz in the Bundesliga. However, Eintracht Frankfurt have not enjoyed playing in-front of their own fans and have won only 1 of their 4 Bundesliga home matches this season. Not only that but they have won just 2 of the last 12 home Bundesliga games and clearly have some difficulty when it comes to winning games on their own soil. Eintracht Frankfurt have also failed to keep a clean sheet at home this season.
Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen look low on confidence as they make the trip to Frankfurt on the back of a poor 3-0 defeat at home to Augsburg. The match was over by half-time as the visitors scored 2 goals and added a third early in the second half. That defeat means Werder Bremen are still searching for their first league win of the season, having drawn 5 and lost 5 of their 10 Bundesliga games. Up until last week, Werder Bremen’s defence had been the best part of their game and at least gave them something on which to build but going forward they have been terrible. This is highlighted by the fact they have scored just 3 goals in 10 league games this season. Werder Bremen have failed to score a single goal in their last 5 Bundesliga matches.
Team News
Alexander Meier, Marco Fabian, Omar Mascarell and Danny da Costa are all expected to miss this match through injury for Eintracht Frankfurt. Kevin-Prince Boateng is hoping to be passed fit for the game. Werder Bremen will travel without the injured Jeremy Gondorf but should have every other player available for selection. Max Kruse should start the match up-front having recovered from injury.
Top Betting Tips
The first thing you see when studying the form of Werder Bremen other than their lack of a win is their poor scoring record. Eintracht Frankfurt will see this as the perfect game to keep their first home clean sheet. You can get 5/4 with William Hill for Werder Bremen to draw another blank in this game. You can combine that with a home win and get 19/10 with Ladbrokes for Eintracht Frankfurt to win the match to nil. Sebastien Haller has been in great form for Eintracht Frankfurt and the French striker can be backed at 9/2 with Ladbrokes to score the first goal of the game.